wednesday randoms Flashcards
paracellular barrier
tight junctions with claudins and occludins
which fossa is foramen spinosum?
middle cranial fossa
CN is middle cranial fossa
CN2-6
gastric CA risk factors
dietary nitrates, alcohol and tobacco use, H pylori
flucytosine
antifungal that targets DNA and RNA synthesis
CN in posterior cranial fossa
CN 7-12
caspofungin
antifungal that targets the cell wall
epithelial ovarian CA risk factors
family hx, infertility, nulliparity, PCOS, endometriosis, BRCA1 or 2 mutation, lynch syndrome, postmenopausal hormone therapy
prostate CA risk factors
increasing age, african-american race
amphotericin B and nystatin
antifungal that binds ergosterol of cell membrane
liver CA risk factors
Hepatitis B &C, liver cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, alfatoxin
aprepitant
NK1 R antagonist antiemetic
metoclopromaide
D- receptor antagonist antiemetic
pancreas CA risk factors
tobacco smoke, obesity
antiemetics for chemotherapy induced emesis
metoclopramid, ondansetron, aprepitant
CN in anterior cranial fossa
CN1
cellular anchors
adheren junction, desmosomes, hemidesmosomes
intercellular connection
gap junctions with connexins
colorectal CA risk factors
hereditary colorectal CA syndromes, IBD, obesity, charred or fried foods
breast CA risk factors
early menarche, late menopause, nulliparity, BRCA mutations
bladder CA risk factors
tobacco smoke, occupational exposures (rubber, aromatics, textiles, leather, etc)
griseofulvin
antifungal that targets mitosis
azoles
antifungal that inhibits synthesis of ergosterol for cell membrane
renal CA risk factors
tobacco smoke obesity, hypertension
integrins
proteins of hemidesmosoms; cells connecting to basement membrane
scopolamine
antimuscarinic antiemetic
cadherins
proteins of desmosomes and adherens junctions
diphenhydramine
antihistame antiemetic
ondansetron
5HT3 R antagonist antiemetic
CA 19-9
pancreatic tumor